Konoha: Naruto, Taught by Aizen

Sasuke's body even began to tremble.

However, it was trembling with excitement.

During the previous bell test, Naruto had completely stolen the spotlight.

Now, possessing a two-tomoe Sharingan and having even learned secret techniques, he believed that, like Naruto back then, he could contend with a Jonin.

This would be the battle to prove himself, and also an important stepping stone to becoming stronger.

Hmph~ Zabuza, Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist... what a crappy, lame title.

Sasuke only felt a soaring fighting spirit surge in his heart. He took a step forward, his expression confident. "He's mine."

Then he closed his eyes and, with an intoxicated expression, said softly, "The wind today... is truly clamorous."

Kakashi: (—_—)

"It seems Konoha has been developing quite well recently. Even a mere little Genin is so confident," Zabuza sneered contemptuously.

"Since that's the case, let me show you the gap between a Genin and a Jonin."

Zabuza instantly vanished.

When he reappeared, he was already on the surface of the water.

Treading water, he began to form seals.

"Ninja Art: Hidden Mist Technique!"

A dense white fog began to spread, almost instantly enveloping the entire forest.

Immersed in the mist, Naruto could feel the chakra permeating it.

"A ninjutsu that can change the environment. This Zabuza is not simple."

"Under the Hidden Mist Technique, visibility drops to almost zero. It's somewhat like Kyoka Suigetsu, completely nullifying sight," Naruto muttered to himself.

"But his own vision is also filled with dense fog. Can he see through it?" Sakura couldn't help but ask.

"Perhaps this ninjutsu doesn't affect him," Naruto shrugged. "It's just that against the Sharingan, this jutsu isn't very effective."

After speaking, Naruto gestured for Sasuke to activate his Sharingan.

Sasuke indeed could confirm Zabuza's approximate location, but not precisely.

"This ninjutsu is countered by sensory-type ninja and sensory-type Kekkei Genkai," Naruto stated faintly.

At this moment, Kakashi pushed up his forehead protector, revealing the eye that had always been covered—a crimson red.

"It's the Sharingan!" Sasuke exclaimed in shock.

He stared intently at Kakashi, his eyes filled with shock and disbelief.

"Is Kakashi from the Uchiha clan? Why does he have a Sharingan?"

At that moment, countless speculations surged through his mind.

There was even a hint of joy.

If Kakashi is an Uchiha, then I'm not alone.

But he instantly overturned this thought.

Kakashi was from the Hatake clan; he couldn't possibly be an Uchiha.

Then this eye of his was likely a transplant.

A faint killing intent instantly appeared in Sasuke's eyes.

In the field.

Zabuza's figure was concealed within the mist.

"Eight locations. Throat, spine, lungs, liver, carotid artery, subclavian artery, kidneys, heart. Which spot would you like me to attack?"

A terrifying killing intent, accompanied by the dense fog, pressed down on Kakashi and the others.

One had to know, Zabuza was once an elite Jonin of Kirigakure.

After defecting, his strength had grown tremendously through slaughter.

The killing intent accumulated over the years alone was enough to crush a "small fry" like Sasuke.

Under the pressure of the killing intent, Sakura's legs gave way, and she slumped to the ground, her eyes filled with terror.

Sasuke, at the side, felt an icy chill run through his entire body, his pupils dilated as he stared straight ahead.

His initial confidence instantly evaporated. He stood there, aghast, his legs even beginning to tremble uncontrollably.

"Such strong killing intent... even moving my eyeballs is incredibly difficult! Could this be the true strength of a Jonin?"

"Damn it! I am a proud Uchiha! How can I show fear here?!"

Feeling such terrifying killing intent.

Sasuke suddenly felt that his Sharingan was like a joke before a Jonin, so incredibly fragile.

So this is how vast the gap between me and a Jonin is.

It seems I still need to train even harder.

Naruto, you must be thinking the same thing, right?

Sasuke stiffly turned his head to look at Naruto beside him.

Unexpectedly, Naruto still wore a composed and gentle expression, even sighing softly, "So this is the killing intent of a Kirigakure Jonin? Truly impressive."

"How is that possible?!" Sasuke looked shocked.

Naruto seemed as if he hadn't felt any pressure at all.

They were both Genin, yet under this killing intent, he was like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, while Naruto was like a fish in water.

So, unknowingly, the gap between himself and Naruto was still so vast.

And he, laughably, was still complacent about obtaining the power of the Sharingan.

How could someone like him be qualified to continuously grow stronger?!

How could he be qualified to thrash Itachi?! Right now, I am disgracing the honor of the Uchiha!

Damn it!!! Sasuke's heart seethed with resentment. He suddenly pulled out a kunai and stabbed it into his left hand.

"Shhlick."

Before Sakura's horrified and Naruto's surprised gazes, blood spurted out.

"I, Uchiha Sasuke, swear by my blood! From this moment on, I will not fear, I will not run! I will carry the honor of the Uchiha and fight until the very end!"

Sasuke panted heavily, speaking word by word.

Naruto took out a handkerchief from his pocket, handed it to Sasuke, pointed at the wound on Sasuke's left hand that was bleeding profusely, and said, "If you keep this up, you'll die from blood loss."

Sasuke, who thought he had looked very cool, instantly lost his composure and fumbled through his ninja tool pouch, preparing to stop the bleeding.

He didn't notice, however, that Zabuza's killing intent had already been broken by his own actions.

"Hmph, interesting brat," Zabuza said coldly, looking at Naruto and Sasuke with appreciation in his eyes.

"Konoha truly is the cradle of geniuses. It's just that... I've killed quite a few geniuses over these years."

As his words fell, Zabuza had already appeared beside Naruto and Sasuke, the Executioner's Blade in his hand suddenly swinging out.

"Damn it! Such fast speed! Although my eyes can track it, my body can't keep up!" Sasuke stared in horror at the approaching Executioner's Blade.

Even if Zabuza wasn't using his full strength, he could still easily slaughter Sasuke.

"Attacking a Genin directly, isn't that a bit too ungentlemanly?" At the critical moment, Naruto's Kyoka Suigetsu unsheathed, blocking the Executioner's Blade's strike.

"Bang!" The immense force filled Zabuza's eyes with astonishment.

A mere little Genin actually possessed such strength? Are Konoha's Genin all this terrifying? "A Jonin also gets distracted in battle?" With Naruto's cold taunt, Kyoka Suigetsu repelled the Executioner's Blade.

Naruto took a step back, sheathed Kyoka Suigetsu, and began to form hand seals. "Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!"

Zabuza couldn't help but laugh wildly. "Hahaha, brat, you're too naive! Did you actually think a mere Great Breakthrough could dispel my dense fog? Our chakra levels are worlds apart! The mist created by the Hidden Mist Technique is not something your Great Breakthrough can blow away!!!"

In the Hidden Mist Technique, the density of the fog changes with the amount of chakra. A Genin's chakra level is insufficient to use a Wind Style jutsu that can disperse such dense fog.

This was why Zabuza was laughing.

"Whoosh!" The next moment, a fierce wind suddenly arose, rushing into the dense fog like bandits charging defenseless villagers, sweeping everything away.

Before Zabuza's astonished gaze, the entire area, as if hit by a typhoon, was left without a single trace of dense fog, only a scene of utter devastation.